Icy roads lead to multiple crashes in Valley region

Icy roads and drifting snow led to few mostly minor crashes in the Lehigh Valley region on Sunday.

Dispatchers in Northampton and Lehigh counties said roads in rural parts of the two counties remained slippery in some spots and were subject to drifting snow.

There were at least two crashes in North Whitehall Township and one in Lower Macungie Township, according to radio reports.

A 44-year-old Mahanoy City woman and two children, ages 10 and 15, suffered minor injuries when their SUV skidded out of control in a snowdrift on Burma Road in Blythe Township, Schuylkill County, went down an embankment and landed on its side at about 12:20 p.m. Sunday, state police said.

A LANTA bus collided with a car outside the Golden Corral restaurant at the Lehigh Valley Mall about 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Police said the crash was minor and there were no serious injuries.